Hydrocarbon-burner.



. v. W. & L. 8. BLANGHARD. .V. W. BLANGHARD, GUARDIAQ' 01 L. S. BLANOHARD, AN INSANE PERSON.

HYDRQUARBON BURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 22, 1906. v

Patented 0013. 6, 1908.

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Vmcrr W. Limeri-v ium, pro se,- of New-York, New York county} State of New Yo'rk', and V. W. BLANCHARD,. as guardian of LUTHER S. BILANo -Anmim' marts rar s OFFICE.

VIRGIL W. BLANGHAIQD AND VIRGIL W. BLANOHARD, GUARDIAN OF- LUTHER S; BLANCH- ARD, (AN INSA NE'PERSONJ NEW YORK, N. Y.

' \nYnnocAnBoN -suansa:

' Be it knownthatwe,

sane, pf Weybridge, Addison count ,fVermont, have invented certain new an useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon Burners'; and

we hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description therepr', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which-form part of this specification.

This'inven'tion is an improvement'i'n' an ap aratus for burning-gaseous fuel particular y designed for use in connection with the heating furnace shown in our applicationfiled January 22, 1906,} Serial No. 297,245.

' It may also be utilized in connection with other furnaces'to introduce into the .combustion chambers thereof combustible mixtures of vaporized hydro-carbon and water.

The present invention is a; novel retortvaporizer for hydro-carbons; suchas kerosene, and also'for water; and its object is to enable such hydro-carbons tobe va orizedand mixed with suitable quantitieso steam v produced by vaporizing water, and the products or combustible mixtures of gases. thus obtained are discharged from the'va orizer intothe burner or combustion cham ers of the furnace and augment combustion therein, and when applied to a gas burning furnace materially lessen the amount of gas ordinarily required to produce. a given amount of heat, and as the oil is chea erthan the gas, the use of this vaporizer wi result in a great saving in the use or the apparatus.

In the drawings, Flgurel 1s a vertical con tral section tl'rrougli the complete apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a detail-section,

In the drawlngs-B, B are primarymixingtubes through whichv air and gas are admitted into secondary mixin tubes D suit Above Said" mixing tubes 1) is a burner Ewhlch 1s preferably supported upon a base ably constructed as described in our applica- .tion above referred to 'andis hung w thin .a cylinder which is surrounded by flues for airand gases substantially as described in our said application.

interposed between the tu-bes l.) isthe vaporizer .which forms the subject of the present application. Tins 4 the lower receiving. end of the burner F and the discharge ends of Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

{an up er port on 0 preferably approximately glo-bu ar in shape, and a lower skirt portion or hood G, into which} the tubes D discharge the upwardly 'flowing currents'of gases. Arrange'd within the upper portion C of the vaporizer is a hollow retort c,.which is open ,at to V and bottom, but is provided internally inclinedto 'the axis-of the re ort. This retorti's connected to the body C and supported in position therein by tubular arms and C7", and in practice we purpose to cast. the entire vaporizer and retort in one piece. a The vaporizer is provided below the retort with apertures-c in its walls for the admis- 'sion of air into the upwardly flowing current of gases. The hollow arms C and C are respectively connected to pipes E and E pro vlded with valves 0 and e, and which are to of; hydro-carbon, such as kerosene, and water. 1 Y r 'The va orizer can be supported in position above thetubes by means of lateral arms 0' attached by bolts 0 to a late H support'ed to theupper endof a oylin er If surrounding the tubes D and resting on base A.

The upper portion of the retortv 's inclosed below the burner and'hflues. Preferablyl'arranged between the vaporizer and burner.is

prising a short pipeor co the gases rising from the vaporizer pass to from chamb'er I and discharge it into the'up- 'wardly flowing current of gas. v

Operatic Combustible mixtures of gas and; air are supplied to the vaporizer, throu' theret rough and through PIPOQAT tothe vaporizer pipe and burner. become intensely the pipes and E. The oil and Water entering theretort-are trapped therein by the flange 0",; thewat'er entering below the oil, and owing to the heat of the retort are vaporized and converted into hydro-carbon gases in the air. chamber I-formed in the-casing h tubes B and D, and flow upward "2 burner F; After the gases are ignited the" 1 100 heated, and then small quantities ofoil and I" water-are'admitted into the retort '0 through vaporizer-comprises a'hollow body which has with an'ahnularflange c which is preferably 7 5 be connected to reservoirs, or suitable supply.

an air heating and sup lying device comiiar J through which the burner F, and projecting mto said pipe are a series of air jet pipes j whichrecelve an- -and"'steam the latter slightly .below the ough oonnningling oi the vapors and air.

it will be observed that the retort is entirely enveloped by the upwardly flowing current oi gases so that the. vapors generated in the retort are intimately mixed with gas before they reach the burner. These gases are further supplied with heated of air introduced thereinto through the jet pipes j they enter the burner.

By the means described we are able to supply the current of gases with vaporized hydrocarlnm and with the fuel elements of the water in the most advantageous manner,

the retort is controllable with nicety by means of the valves.

After the parts ol the apparatus become the tubes D can be reduced until merely enough gas to maintain the retort at a vapo rizing tinnperatnre is supplied, the vaporized oil and water supplying sullicient gaseous elements to maintain the i'iecessary supply of combustible elements to produce the requisitedegrce of combustion and heat in the burner.

Obviously this vaporizer could be usefully applied to other forms of heating apparatus, and therefore we do not 'estrict ourselves to its use in connection with the imrticular form of apparatus illustrated in the drawing.

l lavii'ig thus described our invention what we therefore claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon is:

1. The combination of a mixing tube, a. burner above the mixing tube, and a vaporizer interposed between the mixing tube and burner comprising a tubular body through which the (an-rent oi gases passed, a retort arranged within the tubular body so as to be enveloped by the upwardly flowing or" gas, and means 'l'or admitting oil and water into 'said retort; with a tube interposed between the retortand burner and provided with inwardly and upwardly directed jet pip for supplying ai 2. A retort comprising a hollow tubular kirt flange on its lower body provided with 21 end and air inlet perforations means tor discharging burning gases into said body a tubular retort arrangerjl axially in said body above the perforations and provided with an internal liquid holding llange and adapted to be traversed internallyand surrounded on ternally by the hot gases, hollow arms conmeeting said retort with the walls oi the vap- (n'izen'and oil and water supply pipes connected with said arms.

3. The (.OlllllllltlllOll ot' a. gas and air inii'ing tube and a. burner above the mixing tube; with a tubular incl vaporizer interposed between but svparated from bot the burner and 1niXingtnlm,zni l through which the currcnt of gases pass s from the tube to the burner; with an air heat ing device also interposed between the vaporizer and the burner "and adapted to be traversed by the gases and the amount oi oil and water supplied to f issuing from the mixing tube and discharge jets oi air into the gases.

4-. The continuation ol a gas and air mixing tubc. a, burner above the mixing tube, thoroughly heated the supply ol gas through and a tubular 'luel vaporizer interposed between the burner and mixing tube and through which the current o'l gases is passed from the tube to the burner; with an air heating device intcr 'iosed between the vaporizcr and the burner and traversed. by the gases and provided. with interior upwardly directed jet pipes adapted to discharge jets of air into the current of gases.

5. The combination of a mixing tube, a. burner afbov the. mixing tube, and a vaporizer interposed between the mixing tube and burner comprising (i-tubular body through which the current of gases is passed, a tubular retort arranged. within the tubular body so as to be traversed internally and enveloped externally by the upwardly {lowing gases, and

e, means for admitting oil and water into said retort.

in testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we alli; our signatures in pres-- once of two witncssts.

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